finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
Today, a tale of my attempt to leave the house for the second time with 3 young children. The first attempt, two weeks ago, landed us with a totaled car. The poor, unfortunate day, all I wanted to do was return a library book and buy a smoothie. Then we got rear ended. Boo. Such […]
I’ll be completely honest, when the trend of babymoons first took hold in the parenting realm, I laughed. Really? a pre-baby getaway? Isn’t there enough hurrah and excitement in the months before baby without trying to squeeze in a mini vacation? And then I went on one. And my tune changed. Babymoons, a honeymoon type […]
This weekend the kids and I rolled into Tacoma Mall bright and early for a very special event — BREAKFAST WITH SANTA! I didn’t tell them until the night before when we were settling into bed and you would have thought I told Max we were going to the moon! He was so excited to “weally […]
When Bianca of The Pierogie Mama and I were invited to attend MommyCon Seattle as part of their media team we didn’t really know what we were getting ourselves into. We had heard of MommyCon, but that was the extent of our MC knowledge. So … we arrived with anticipation, wrap lust, and plans for a […]
Jemma and I have been back from our trip for a month now and it has given me time to unpack and relive all our fabulous memories. And yes, as I type I’m screaming inside, “I WANT TO GO BACK!” Before I forgot too much from our magical days, I wanted to share a round up […]
Did you all survive the Disneyland photo onslaught? That was only phase one, I suppose, because today I’ve got our Disneyland style and next week, a round up of all the tips I learned from traveling to The Happiest Place On Earth. I assumed when planning an October Disney trip that we’d be packing for […]
I mentioned a few of the things I’ve picked up in my last Disney post, but I thought it might be helpful to have all this information in one place :) Truly, it’s just a collaboration of great ideas I found on Pinterest and tips from a few mamas who have visited Disneyland recently with […]
Bllllaaaaaaaaaahhhh! We leave in, like, 3 weeks! I can hardly believe it! I went MIA on the whole idea of Disney after my first post because I started getting this weird crotch cramping. Totally lovely, I know. Well, apparently it has something to do with a weak pelvic floor and this being baby tres; it’s no good. […]
As promised … road trip tips! Friends, our Yellowstone trip was a mega long trip to embark on with kids. Max was almost 3 when we left and is known well for screaming, “I’s stuck!” whenever in his carseat. Jem turns 5 in the Fall and is much more patient, but still, 12 hours is a […]
1994. My first trip to Yellowstone. I had just finished 1st grade and was greatly anticipating our adventure to a new part of the country. My parents, grandma, almost 5 year old sister and newly turned 2 year old sister were all coming along in our ancient Suburban. We dubbed that beast the “Zoo-burban” because […]
That ^^^ is no joke how our Disneyland trip begins. A few weeks ago, shortly after I found out I was expecting I was passed out for a nap with Max and had the most vivid, magical dream. That’s the best thing about nap dreams, I always remember them and tend to wake up inspired […]